Xinuos Engineering Services Programs

Xinuos Partner Engineering Services

Overview

Xinuos’s Partner Engineering Services are designed to provide technical assistance to manufacturers of computer hardware and software (OEM) and to members of the developer community while porting, migrating, or developing device drivers and applications. This program provides participating SCO partners with the services needed to facilitate product development and assure product compatibility with SCO Operating Systems. A Hardware Certification option is available for those customers wishing to have their hardware certified and listed on the SCO Hardware Database.

The Xinuos Partner Engineering Services Program provides direct access to SCO product plans, roadmaps and development engineering. This service is designed for vendors who want to take advantage of the latest enhancements in SCO’s products at the earliest opportunity. An engineering relationship can assure product compatibility from day one.

Features and Benefits

• Strategic relationship
• Direct access to assigned Xinuos Engineering Services Technical Account Manager
• Backup Technical Account Manager
• Access to, and support for pre-release product and developing technology
• Product roadmap exchange
• Assistance in developing Xinuos compatible products
• Limited access to source code “snippets”
• Weekly conference calls
• Interface with 3 rd party vendors on partner’s behalf
• Priority issue escalation
• Shortened product development cycle and time to market
• Products and updates can be synchronized with Xinuos’s roadmap
• Password protected access to Xinuos’s Online Service Manager, which includes:
• Xinuos’s Knowledge Center for current products
• Automatic notification service of new technical articles, patches and product announcements
• Your support account information and activity
• Ability to submit new Service Requests (SRs) via the web

For those manufacturers who also wish full and unlimited Xinuos Certification of their products and listing on SCO’s Certified Hardware Web Page, SCO provides Hardware Certification as an available option to the Engineering Services program. Vendors have the option of sending their hardware to SCO for certification or to self-certify their systems or peripherals at their own location.

The Xinuos Hardware Certification option to Partner Engineering Services provides the following additional features and benefits:

• Unlimited Computer System and Peripheral Certifications
• Certification Test Suite
• Ability to self-certify hardware at vendor’s location
• Listing of hardware certifications on the Xinuos Certified Hardware Web Page (CHWP)
• Assistance in troubleshooting certification issues
• Periodic system audits

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